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The ego uses defense mechanisms to ______.
 
  a. prevent socially unacceptable desires from reaching the unconscious parts of the mind
  b. prevent socially unacceptable desires from rising into consciousness
  c. mobilize the body to fight off or run away from an external threat
  d. prevent the superego from thwarting id desires

Question 2

Freud believed we protect ourselves from allowing socially unacceptable wishes or
   impulses that would be inconsistent with our moral values or social responsibilities
   from rising into conscious awareness through the use of ______.
 
  a. response sets c. secondary process thinking
   b. defense mechanisms d. primary process thinking



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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